NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Trevor Bauer鈥檚 administrative leave was extended by 10 days through Aug. 6 on Tuesday by Major League Baseball and the players鈥� association while the sport鈥檚 investigators check into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
Bauer was placed on seven days鈥� paid leave on July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the players鈥� union in 2015. MLB and the union have agreed to three extensions.
Police in Pasadena, California, and MLB are investigating the allegations made against Bauer by a Southern California woman who says the pitcher choked her to the point where she lost consciousness and punched her during two sexual encounters this year. The woman obtained a protection order against Bauer under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
According to the woman鈥檚 declaration attached to the request for the protection order, she suffered injuries as a result of the second encounter, including two black eyes, a bloodied swollen lip, significant bruising and scratching to one side of her face.
The pitcher鈥檚 agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, have disputed the allegations and Fetterolf said in a statement that the pair鈥檚 brief relationship was 鈥渨holly consensual.鈥� The statement said Bauer has messages from the woman asking for the kind of 鈥渞ough鈥� sexual interactions they had.
Attorneys for Bauer and for the woman said during a court session last week they intend to call several witnesses, including Bauer, and argue over the order in a hearing that's expected to last three days.
Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman of Los Angeles County Superior Court delayed the beginning of that hearing until Aug. 2.
Bauer agreed to a $102 million, three-year contract to join his hometown Dodgers earlier this year after winning his first Cy Young Award with the Cincinnati Reds last season. Bauer is 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 17 starts this season.
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